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DISTINCTIVE 
HOUSES  of 
INDIANA 
LIMESTONE 


Showing  some  of  the 
finest  homes  in  America 
built  of  the  Aristocrat 
of  Building  Materials 


Volume  12  of  the  Indiana 
Limestone  library:  series  B 


Copyright  1927 

iNA  LIMES" 
COMPANY 


F.  W.  VANDERBILT  RESIDENCE,  Rhinebeck,  N.  Y. 


McKIM,  MEAD  & WHITE,  Architects 


INTRODUCTORY 

'""PHIS  BOOKLET,  Volume  12 
A of  the  Indiana  Limestone 
Library,  Series  B,  has  been  pre- 
pared to  show  some  of  the  fine 
homes  that  have  been  built  of 
Indiana  Limestone,  and  is  in- 
tended primarily  for  the  home 
builder  who  is  interested  in  the 
finer  and  more  costly  types  of  per- 
manent home,  whether  it  be  a 
city,  suburban  or  country  house. 

Examples  of  all  types  of  fine 
houses  are  shown,  from  the  richly 
ornamented  all-stone  houses  like 
the  handsome  Vanderbilt  houses 
on  these  pages,  to  the  less  ornate 
brick  houses  with  reasonably  sim- 
ple trim  of  Indiana  Limestone 
such  as  the  Lamont  residence 
shown  on  page  12:  embracing 
examples  in  nearly  all  of  thecustom- 
arily  used  styles  of  architecture. 


An  Indiana  Limestone  Interior 


ranging  from  the  very  elaborate 
houses  of  the  earlier  periods  to 
the  somewhat  plain  modern  ex- 
amples. 

The  appropriate  use  of  Indiana 
Limestone  in  residence  construc- 
tion, from  economic  as  well  as 
esthetic  standpoints,  is  not  con- 
fined to  large  or  costly  houses. 
There  are  grades  of  this  fine 
natural  stone  and  methods  of 
using  it  that  place  this  very 
superior  building  material  at  the 
disposal  of  those  desiring  a good 
substantial  home  at  moderate  cost. 

Those  who  are  interested  in 
more  moderate  cost  houses  than 
are  illustrated  in  this  Volume, 
should  send  for  our  new  folder  of 
“Random  Ashlar"  houses,  or  for 
Volume  5 of  this  same  series, 
which  is  described  on  page  47  of 
this  booklet. 


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H.  L.  PRATT  RESIDENCE.  Glen  Cove,  L.  1 


JAMES  RRITE,  Architect 


Considered  one  of  the  best  examples  of  the  English  Jacobean  style  in  America 


INDIANA  LIMESTONE  OR  BEDFORD  STONE 


IN  ANSWER  to  the  quite  natural  query  of  any- 
one not  familiar  with  this  material,  “What 
does  the  term  Indiana  Limestone  designate?” 
it  may  be  briefly  stated  that  this  refers  to  the 
handsome  light  colored  building  stone  that  is  so 
extensively  used  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  for  fine  houses  and  for  all  sorts  of 
monumental  buildings,  including  banks,  churches, 
libraries,  post  offices,  and  government  buildings,  etc. 

By  reason  of  its  use  in  so  many  of  the  finest 
structures  during  the  past  sixty  years,  Indiana 
Limestone,  or  Bedford  Stone,  as  it  was  formerly 
called,  has  become  universally  famous  as  a build- 
ing material  throughout  the  entire  country.  It 
is  now  recognized  as  the  most  important  of  natural 
building  materials  and  on  account  of  its  wide 
range  of  usage  in  all  kinds  of  structures,  from 
houses  to  the  finest  of  monumental  buildings,  is 


justly  termed  “The  Nation’s  Building  Stone.” 
Indiana  Limestone  is  a natural  stone,  not  a 
manufactured  product.  It  is  a fine,  even-textured 
Oolitic,  or  non-crystalline,  limestone  of  beautiful , 
soft  color-tone,  ranging  in  the  various  grades  from 
a somewhat  grayish  huff,  on  through  silver  gray 
to  a medium  toned  gray  of  slightly  bluish  cast. 

The  massive  deposit  forming  the  ledges  in  the 
hills  of  Southern  Indiana,  from  which  this  fine, 
easily  worked,  yet  durable  and  permanent  stone 
is  quarried,  constitute  one  of  the  most  wonderful 
and  probably  the  most  useful  of  building  stone 
deposits  in  the  world. 

An  interesting  booklet.  Volume  I of  the  Indiana 
Limestone  Library,  which  fully  describes  the 
stone,  its  characteristics,  formation,  color-tone, 
texture  and  structural  qualities,  will  be  sent  free 
upon  receipt  of  postal  request. 


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(late)  SENATOR  HITT'S  RESIDENCE.  Washington,  D.  C. 


JOHN  RUSSELL  POPE.  Architect 


DISTINCTIVE  HOUSES 

A subject  of  interest  to  all 


FINE  HOMES,  by  which  is  implied 
substantially  built,  permanent  houses, 
in  which  the  element  of  beauty  has  not  been 
neglected,  are  of  interest  to  all.  Almost 
everyone  looks  forward  to  the  building  or 
acquiring  of  a home  that  will  provide  the 
necessary  living  accommodation,  conven- 
iences and  comforts  according  to  their  par- 
ticular tastes,  a home  that  will,  at  least  in 
a measure,  express  their  individuality  and 
social  position — at  once  a practical  and  an 
esthetic  purpose. 

Some  find  this  home  in  the  apartment  or 
other  form  of  multi-dwelling,  but  by  far 


the  greater  number  are  interested  in  the 
private  residence  as  their  permanent  home. 

Even  those  who  may  not  be  fortunate 
enough  to  build  without  financial  limitation 
will  undoubtedly  find  something  of  interest 
in  homes  of  the  wealthy,  and  learn  some- 
thing from  the  methods  adopted  by  them 
in  the  planning  and  building  of  these 
houses,  that  will  serve  as  an  inspiration  in 
the  building  of  more  humble  abodes. 

A great  deal  of  comment  has  been 
written  on  the  useless  ostentation  of  the 
houses  of  the  rich,  but  a survey  of  the 
really  fine  homes  of  America,  a number  of 


Mbs.  C.  G.  GATES  RESIDENCE.  Minneapolis.  Minn. 


MARSHALL  & FOX,  Abchitects 


C S.  PILLSBURY  RESIDENCE,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  HEWITT  & BROWN.  Abchitects 

Two  mid-western  homes  showing  a contrast  between  Italian  and  English  styles 


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JOHN  F.  WILKINS  RESIDENCE,  Washington.  D.  C. 


J.  H.  De  SIBOUR,  Architect 


A palatial  city  home  beautifully  designed  for  a corner  plot  of  unusual  shape 


which  are  illustrated  in  this  booklet,  will 
show  clearly  that  the  trend  is  constantly 
away  from  any  meaningless  elaboration  or 
purely  show  effects,  to  handsome,  reason- 
ably simple,  although  often  rich  effects. 

The  dignified  and  worth  while  houses  of 
the  cultured  Englishman  are  frequently 
being  taken  as  models  for  country  houses, 
and  the  best  types  of  French,  Italian  and 
English  work,  for  city  and  suburban  houses. 
These  foreign  styles  are  not  being  copied, 
however,  but  are  being  most  intelligently 
adapted  to  American  needs  and  conditions 
by  our  ablest  architects.  Transplanted 
palaces  are  out  of  favor. 


No  surer  proof  of  the  real  progress  of 
architecture  in  America  and  of  the  solid 
grounding  of  American  culture,  on  which 
the  very  foundation  of  democracy  is  based, 
is  to  be  found  than  in  a study  of  the  better 
recent  domestic  architecture  of  this  country; 
especially  where  the  owners  have  not  been 
hampered  by  lack  of  financial  resource,  or 
the  need  of  establishing  only  temporary 
living  arrangements. 

The  best  architectural  talent  has  been 
employed.  The  best  material  has  been 
used  and  most  of  these  houses  designed 
during  recent  years,  however  large,  have 
been  built  for  real  living  comfort. 


ON  this  page  two  handsome  city  house 
fronts  are  illustrated,  showing  a con- 
trast between  a Gothic  and  a Renaissance 
classic  treatment.  See  also  the  fronts  on 
page  20  showing  other  Renaissance  treat- 
ments. 


ARTHUR  SACKS  RESIDENCE. 

New  York  City 

C.  P.  H.  GILBERT, 
Architect 


O.  L DOMERICH  RESIDENCE 
New  York  City 

HENRY  C.  PELTON. 

Architect 


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B.  B.  JONES  RESIDENCE.  Washington.  D.  C WADDY  B WOOD.  Architect 

A most  appropriate  American  adaptation  of  the  beautiful  Italian  style 


Apart  from  their  size  and  luxurious 
appointments,  they  are  usually  houses  that 
the  average  American  could  live  in  com- 
fortably. Generally  speaking,  the  show 
houses  have  been  built  either  by  the 
“nouveaux  riches,”  or  by  the  very  wealthy, 
for  play-houses  or  summer  homes  for 
entertaining,  not  for  the  homes  in  which 
they  live  the  greater  portion  of  the  year. 

Stone  and  brick,  or  a combination  of 
these  two  materials  in  some  form,  will 
generally  be  found  as  the  facing  of  the 
walls  of  all  permanent,  better  class  houses 
of  the  present  time,  excepting  in  those 
southern  parts  of  the  country  where  the 
exotic  tropical  styles  of  architecture  may 


favor  the  use  of  stucco.  Even  there,  in  the 
liner  house,  the  trim  and  usually  the  entire 
facing  of  the  walls  can  to  decided  advan- 
tage be  built  of  limestone. 

In  the  northeast,  where  the  Colonial 
styles  have  long  been  favored,  the  more 
permanent  or  masonry  types  of  Colonial 
house  have  come  into  more  general  use 
than  formerly,  and  the  walls  of  these 
houses  are  now  being  built  of  stone  and 
brick  in  preference  to  frame,  on  account  of 
the  advantages  in  the  way  of  permanent 
good  appearance  and  consequent  permanent 
high  sale  value,  low  cost  of  upkeep,  lower 
insurance  rates  and  the  resultant  ultimate 
economy  of  houses  built  in  this  manner. 


rPHE  two  houses 
on  this  page  show 
an  interesting  com- 
parison between  the 
lighter  French  and 
the  more  severe  and 
dignified  North  Ital- 
ian Renaissance 
treatments. 


IRWIN  LOUGHLIN 
RESIDENCE. 
Washington.  D.  C. 

JOHN  RUSSELL  POPE. 
Architect 


ALBAN  B BUTLER,  Jr 
RESIDENCE, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

CLARKE  WAGGAMAN. 

Architect 


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HAROLD  D PRATT  RESIDENCE.  New  York  City 

A restrained  and  dignified  type  of  city  house 


DELANO  & ALDRICH,  Architects 


In  the  larger  cities,  especially  in  the 
East,  a light  colored  building  stone,  gener- 
ally Indiana  Limestone,  has  come  to  be 
recognized  as  the  most  suitable  material 
for  the  handsome  city  house,  and  where 
brick  is  employed  it  is  usually  trimmed 
with  this  stone,  as  there  is  no  other  ma- 
terial that  so  readily  affords  a medium  for 
the  execution  of  the  architectural  detail 
of  the  trim. 

There  are  very  evident  reasons  for  this 


extensive  use  of  Indiana  Limestone  in  fine 
homes.  Cultured  people  do  not  adopt  a ma- 
terial or  mode  of  building  to  the  extent  that 
Indiana  Limestone  has  been  employed, 
for  city,  suburban  and  country  houses, 
unless  there  are  very  good  reasons  for  it. 

The  fact  is,  Indi  ana  Limestone  embodies 
all  of  those  qualities  which  you  will  re- 
quire for  the  exterior  expression  of  your 
new  home.  These  qualities  are  briefly 
outlined  on  the  pages  which  follow. 


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THOMAS  W.  LAMONT  RESIDENCE.  New  York  City  WALKER  & GILLETTE.  Architects 

This  fine  home  and  the  house  on  the  opposite  page  shou  a comparison  between  tu  o somewhat  similar 
mullioned  window  treatments  of  the  design,  one  with  brick  and  the  other  with  stone  wall  facing 


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L.  L JENKINS  RESIDENCE.  Washington.  D.  C. 


CLARKE  WAGGAMAN,  Architect 


There  is  no  other  building  material 
that  lends  itself  so  readily  to  the  execution 
of  the  most  elaborate,  or  most  delicate  and 
refined  architectural  detail,  and  in  which 
this  detail  can  be  executed  to  such  an  extent 
by  machine-production  methods,  and  at 
such  moderate  cost.  There  is,  therefore, 
no  other  building  material  that  is  so 
economical  to  employ  for  giving  expression 
to  the  character  of  the  architect’s  design. 

This  accounts  largely  for  its  extensive 
use  as  trim  for  walls  faced  with  brick. 
Brick,  however  excellent  a material  for  the 
facing  of  walls,  does  not  give  the  architect 
a medium  in  which  mouldings  and  cut  or 
carved  ornamented  detail  can  be  executed, 
and  stone,  usually  Indiana  Limestone, 
is  quite  naturally  used  for  that  purpose. 


The  color- tones  of  Indiana  Limestone 
are  such  that  they  give  just  the  right 
effect.  This  fine,  natural  stone  may  be 
employed  either  to  contrast  with  or  to 
blend  most  pleasingly  with  the  shades  of 
brick  customarily  used.  With  the  lighter 
buff  or  gray  brick  shades  it  harmonizes 
beautifully,  and  with  the  red  and  brown 
or  darker  colored  brick  it  gives  a delightful 
contrast. 

There  is  no  other  building  material  so 
rich  and  handsome  in  appearance,  or  which 
can  be  used  so  successfully  for  plain  wall 
surfaces  and  look  so  well  without  an 
abundance  of  ornament.  The  beauty  of 
color-tone  and  texture  of  this  stone  make 
unnecessary  a great  amount  of  elaboration 
in  the  treatment  of  the  design. 


FRANK  D.  STOUT  RESIDENCE  Chicago.  Ill 


ARTHUR  IIEUN.  Architect 


HON.  RRECKENRIDGE  LONG  RESIDENCE.  Washington.  D.  C.  GEORGE  OAKLEY  TOTTEN.  JR  . Architect 

Three  very  interesting  examples  oj  the  all  stone  house  with  mullioned  windows, 
two  in  the  Early  English  style  and  the  third  of  a later  period  style. 


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R.  T.  CRANE  RESIDENCE.  Chicago,  III. 


COOLIDfiE  & HODGDON.  Architects 


Almost  any  desired  surface  treatment 
or  finish  may  be  used. 

There  is  no  other  material  of  light 
color-tone  that  fulfills  the  requirements  of 
the  house  of  Italian  or  Spanish  type  when 
translated  into  the  permanent  American 
home,  built  to  withstand  the  rigors  of 
the  North  American  climate. 

There  is  no  other  building  material  of 
moderate  cost  that  is  so  permanent,  or, 
more  particularly,  that  will  so  permanently 
retain  its  original  natural  beauty  and  age 
so  gracefully  with  the  passing  of  time,  or 
in  which  the  salvage  value  in  the  way  of 
re-use  is  so  great.  The  permanent  beauty 
of  the  exterior  is  assured. 


With  no  other  material  can  you  obtain 
such  a handsome  effect,  at  such  compara- 
tively moderate  cost,  and  with  no  other 
material  can  you  assure  the  same  per- 
manence of  this  effect  and  consequent 
sale  value.  In  addition  to  these  advan- 
tages, there  is  the  dignity  and  worth  of 
the  stone-faced  house  that  gives  to  it  a 
distinction  and  a sale  or  rental  value 
often  out  of  all  proportion  to  any  added 
cost  for  building  the  wall  facing  of  Indiana 
Limestone. 

The  many  beautiful  houses  illustrated 
in  this  booklet  will  demonstrate  that  point 
of  value  more  conclusively  than  any  words 
that  might  be  written. 


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H.  T.  SLOAN  RESIDENCE,  New  Yore  City  CARRERE  & HASTINGS,  Architbct 

A fine  example  of  the  very  elaborate  city  house  in  the  French  Baroque  style 
Compare  with  the  simpler  but  equally  handsome  example  on  opposite  page 


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LAWRENCE  WHITING  RESIDENCE,  Chicago,  III. 


HOWARD  SHAW.  Architect 


Compare  also  ivith  the  earlier  French  style  houses  on  pages  19  and  37 


White  painted  shingles  or  clapboards 
may  have  a certain  charm,  but  in  order  to 
retain  that  charm  they  must  be  kept  white, 
and  that  means  continual  repainting  at 
considerable  yearly  cost.  Furthermore,  it 
means  the  periodic  disturbance  or  partial 
destruction  of  the  vines  and  shrubbery 
planted  around  the  house,  causing  damage 
that  it  may  take  years  of  growth  to  repair. 
Then,  at  best,  paint  has  a glaring  effect, 
whereas  the  gray  or  buff-white  of  limestone 
has  that  soft  richness  of  effect  that  can 


never  be  attained  by  any  other  material. 

Architects  are  always  pleased  to  design 
for  the  use  of  this  material  because  it  gives 
them  a freer  hand  in  the  detailing  of  the 
work,  assures  them  the  accurate  repro- 
duction of  their  design  in  a beautiful, 
light-colored  material;  in  truth,  a mater- 
ial that  can  really  be  depended  upon  to 
Magnify  the  beauty  of  their  creative  work , 
for  Indiana  Limestone  is  recognized  as 
The  Aristocrat  of  Building  Materials. 


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MERRILL  GATES  RESIDENCE. 
Park  Ave.  and  75th  St.. 

New  York  City 

JOHN  MEAD  IIOWELLS. 
Architect 


/COMPARE  these  simpler 
^ modern  types  of  stone 
houses  with  the  very  elab- 
orate example  on  the  op- 
posite page. 


E.  T.  BLAIR  RESIDENCE 
Lake  Shore  Drive, 

Chicago,  III. 

McKIM.  MEAD  & WHITE. 
Architects 


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W.  K.  VANDERBILT  RESIDENCE.  New  York  City  RICHARD  M.  HUNT.  Architect 

A booklet  describing  this  house  of  Gray  Indiana  Limestone,  richly 

ornamented  with  finely  carved  detail,  will  be  sent  free  upon  request 

Indiana  Limestone  is  not  a costly  and  other  items  of  purely  structural  trim 
material.  The  fact  that  it  is  used  for  in  the  walls  of  low-cost  houses,  flats  and 
so  many  fine  homes  and  for  so  many  apartment  buildings,  where  structural 
handsome  monumental  buildings  and  worth  and  economy  are  the  only  con- 
churches,  very  often  gives  an  erroneous  sideration. 

impression  as  to  its  cost.  In  answering  One  thing  which  operates  to  keep 
this,  it  is  only  necessary  to  point  out  that  Indiana  Limestone  so  moderate  in  price 
this  stone  is  to  an  equal  extent  used  in  is  the  facility  with  which  it  can  be  worked 
commercial  structures  where  carefully  by  machinery,  sawn,  planed,  turned  and 
weighed  costs  and  financial  returns  are  the  carved.  As  a result  of  this  it  has  become 
determining  factors.  Even  more  conclu-  something  that  no  other  building  stone 
sive  proof  of  this  may  be  found  in  the  fact  could  possibly  become — a real  national 
that  Indiana  Limestone  is  so  extensively  standard  building  material.  It  is  justly 
used  by  speculative  builders  for  sills,  steps  termed  “The  Nation's  Building  Stone.'’ 


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MICHAEL  FRIEDSAM  RESIDENCE. 
New  York  City 

FREDERICK  FROST. 

Architect 


JOHN  T.  PRATT  RESIDENCE. 

New  York  City 

CHARLES  A.  PLATT. 

Architect 


rPHE  two  house  fronts  on  this  page  show 
two  distinctly  different  Italian  Renais- 
sance treatments.  Compare  with  fronts 
shown  on  pages  8 and  33,  as  well  as  with 
the  palatial  Italian  style  suburban  home 
on  the  opposite  page  and  the  less  formal 
treatment  on  page  9. 


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A fine  example  of  the  palatial  Roman  style 


On  the  question  of  structural  value,  it 
seems  unnecessary  to  dwell,  as  the  very 
extensive  use  of  Indiana  Limestone  in  all 
classes  of  monumental  buildings,  banks, 
churches  and  government  buildings,  fully 
answers  that  point. 

Indiana  Limestone  embodies  all  of 
the  desirable  structural  characteristics  that 
make  it  the  most  suitable  material  to  use 
for  the  exterior  of  fine  homes. 

There  is  no  other  ornamental  building 
material  that  has  such  widespread  use  in 
building  construction.  The  natural  con- 
clusion must  be  that,  in  order  to  give 
such  universal  satisfaction,  it  must  possess 
unusual  merit  structurally,  as  well  as 
from  esthetic  and  economic  standpoints. 


Just  as  this  stone  is  used  for  the  trim 
of  walls  faced  witli  brick,  so  also  is  it  used 
for  the  trim  of  walls  built  or  faced  with 
local  field  or  ledge  stone.  Quite  often,  the 
lower-cost  grades  of  Indiana  Limestone 
such  as  the  “Variegated,"  “(0lh  (Sntljtr/' 
or  “Rustic,”  can  be  used  for  the  entire 
facing  of  the  walls  in  lieu  of  local  stone 
without  any  increase  in  cost,  as  local  stone, 
while  cheap  at  the  quarry,  often  costs  more 
in  the  finished  building  on  account  of  the 
labor  required  to  cut,  trim  and  shape  it  to 
the  sizes  desired,  whereas  Indiana  Lime- 
stone can  be  sawed  to  the  thickness,  heights 
and  lengths  required,  with  little  or  no  hand 
work  involved  in  the  production  of  plain 
wall  facings. 


MRS.  R.  S.  McCORMICK  RESIDENCE.  Washington,  D.  C. 


JOHN  RUSSELL  POPE,  Architect 


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P.  A.  STARCK  RESIDENCE.  Chicago,  III. 


ERNEST  MAYO.  Architect 


THE  VARIED  USES  OF 
INDIANA  LUMESTONE 
ON  PRIVATE  ESTATES 

The  appropriate  use  of 
Indiana  Limestone  for  do- 
mestic work,  residences,  etc., 
is  not  confined  to  any  one 
specific  purpose,  such  as  the 
building  or  facing  of  walls. 
It  is  a most  excellent  ma- 
terial for  all  sorts  of  sculp- 
tured work,  both  exterior  and 
interior.  Terraces,  Balus- 
trades, Pergolas,  Garden 
Buildings,  and  Garden  Fur- 
niture or  Sculpture,  includ- 
ing Fountains,  are  very  fre- 
quently executed  in  this 
material  with  handsome  re- 
sults. » There  is  no  other 
building  stone  so  well 
adapted  for  these  purposes. 


99 


HERBERT  BOOK  RESIDENCE,  Detroit.  Mich. 


LOUIS  KAMPER,  Architect 


There  are  so  many  ways  of  using 
Indiana  Limestone  to  advantage,  the 
prospective  home  builder  should  never  fail 
to  give  consideration  to  this,  the  most 
readily  obtainable  natural  stone. 

The  most  imposing  houses  of  Europe, 
whether  they  are  the  small  rural  cottages 
of  England  or  France,  with  their  homely 
charm,  or  the  grand  Manor  House  or 
Chateau,  are  very  largely  built  or  trimmed 
with  stone,  quite  generally  Limestone.  It 
is  this  material  that  has  made  possible  the 
execution  of  the  designs  that  have  given  to 
those  old  world  buildings  their  distinction, 
architectural  character  and  charm. 

Without  this  medium  of  expression,  much 
of  the  effect  would  have  been  lost,  nor  has 
the  hand  of  age  had  the  same  mellowing 
effect  where  other  materials  were  used. 


Many  of  the  fine  effects  of  these  ven- 
erable old  homes  can  readily  be  obtained 
in  buildings  suited  to  modern  requirements, 
by  combining  a facing  of  the  rough  sawed 
“Rustic”  or  “QDUi  Gkfflitr”  varieties  of 
Indiana  Limestone  for  the  field  of  the 
walls,  with  the  cut  trim  of  the  “Variegated ” 
or  other  regular  grades  of  this  stone. 

Any  competent  architect  will  know  how 
to  produce  these  effects  and  work  up  the 
design,  using  these  grades  in  an  economic, 
yet  attractive  way,  based  upon  the  in- 
formation that  is  constantly  being  distrib- 
uted to  the  architectural  profession  by  the 
Architects’  Service  Bureau  of  this  Company. 

New  methods  of  fabricating  the  product 
are  constantly  being  developed,  and  com- 
plete information  regarding  these  new  modes 
of  use  transmitted  promptly  to  architects. 


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(formerly)  CHARLES  W FAIRBANKS  RESIDENCE.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Now  Head  Office  of  Indianapolis  Life  Insurance  Co. 


HOWARD  SH A VV.  Architect 


(MRS.  J.  B.  HENDERSON)  EMBASSY  RESIDENCE.  Washington,  D.  C.  GEORGE  OAKLEY  TOTTEN.  Jr..  Architect 

Now  occupied  by  the  Spanish  Embassy 


24 


GUSTAV  F SWIFT  RESIDENCE.  Chicago.  III. 


HOWARD  SHAW.  Architect 


A handsome  example  oj  an  unusual  Gothic  treatment 


The  regular  grades  of  Indiana  Lime- 
stone, from  which  fine  houses  like  those 
illustrated  in  this  booklet  are  generally 
built,  embrace  only  the  range  of  color-tone 
and  texture  that  falls  within  the  limits  of 
the  particular  grade  under  the  classification 
adopted.  The  “(SHh  Qkitliir”  grade  on  the 
other  hand,  includes  the  widest  range  of 
variations  in  color-tone  and  texture  pro- 
duced by  our  quarries,  with  only  a com- 
paratively small  percentage  of  the  very 
fine  even-textured  stone. 

The  “Rustic”  variety  is  the  somewhat 
coarse-textured  stone,  having  an  interest- 


ing shelly  formation  with  more  or  less  crystal- 
line matter  intermixed.  It  is  excellent 
for  sawed-finish  wall  facing  but  rather  diffi- 
cult to  machine  and  cut,  and  therefore 
is  seldom  recommended  for  moulded  and 
carved  work.  For  that  reason,  when  the 
“Rustic”  or  “(01h  (Sotljtr”  grades  are  used 
for  the  walls  it  is  often  advisable  to  use 
one  of  the  finer  grades  for  all  of  the  mould- 
ed and  cut  work  comprising  the  trim. 

The  “Variegated”  stone  includes  both 
color-tones,  and  considerable  variation  in 
texture  but  not  as  wide  a range  in  texture 
as  the  “Rustic"  and  “($lh  (hntlnr.” 


See  page  39  for  a description  of  these  grades 


F.  J.  FISHER  RESIDENCE.  Detroit,  Mich. 


GEO.  D.  MASON  & CO.,  Architects 


A handsome  example  of  the  simple  treatment  of  Limestone  house 
with  plain  wall  and  well  proportioned  window  openings 


26 


RESIDENCE  OF  FREDERICK  H BROOKE,  Architect, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Two  examples  of  distinctive  Indiana 

Where  the  more  formal  and  costly 
forms  of  Gut  Stone  house  are  not  desired, 
or  where  the  limits  of  cost  do  not  appear 
to  permit  the  use  of  much  Cut  Stone, 
there  is  always  the  expedient  of  using  rough- 
sawed  “(§lh  “Rustic'’  or  Varie- 

gated stone,  which  can  be  employed  as 
simple  masonry. 

The  prospective  home  builder,  who  is 
interested  more  particularly  in  the  modest 
house,  or  in  the  large  country  house  built 
in  the  simplest  manner,  should  send  for  a 
copy  of  the  portfolio  of  house  designs, 
Volume  5 of  the  Indiana  Limestone  Library, 


P.  A DRURY  RESIDENCE.  GEORGE  N.  RAY, 

Washington,  D.  C.  Architect 

limestone  house  fronts  on  narrow'  lots 

which  illustrates  moderate-size  houses  built 
of  this  rough-sawed  material. 

For  more  detailed  information  regard- 
ing the  structural  characteristics,  texture 
and  color-tone  of  the  stone  and  the  machine 
methods  by  which  it  is  quarried  and  worked, 
send  for  Volume  1 of  the  Indiana  Limestone 
Library,  which  contains  a full  description 
of  the  product. 

Samples  of  the  stone  will  be  cheerfully 
furnished  to  architects,  or  to  intending 
builders  where  necessary  to  illustrate  the 
color-tone,  texture  and  finishes. 


A page  of  beautiful  Indiana  Limestone  Mantels 


28 


MUSIC  ROOM.  HOTZ  RESIDENCE.  Chicago.  III. 

INDIANA  LIMESTONE  INTERIORS 

The  advantage  of  the  beautifully  soft, 
light  color-tones  and  texture  of  Indiana 
Limestone  as  a decorative  material  for 
vestibules,  halls  and  other  interiors  in  the 
fine  home,  should  not  be  overlooked,  and 
especially  its  use  for  mantels  in  rooms  that 
are  panelled  with  oak,  walnut,  or  other 
dark  wood,  as  well  as  for  rooms  finished 
in  plaster  after  the  Italian  or  Spanish 
styles.  There  is  hardly  any  type  or  style 
of  home  for  which  a well  designed  Indiana 
Limestone  mantel  is  not  appropriate  for 
some  room. 

When  used  for  interior  work,  the  entire 
walls  may  be  faced  with  stone,  or  it  may  be 
used  as  a high  wainscot,  the  same  as  marble, 
or  it  may  be  used  only  as  trim  around  the 
door  and  window  openings  with  either 
wood  panelling  or  rough  plaster-finished 


F.  W.  PERKINS.  Architect 

walls.  Examples  of  its  use  in  various  ways 
for  residence  interiors  are  shown  on  this 
page  and  on  pages  3 and  30. 

Several  typical  Indiana  Limestone 
Mantels  are  shown  on  page  28.  There  is 
nothing  more  real  and  homelike  in  the  way 
of  a fireplace  than  one  which  has  a beauti- 
fully carved  mantel  facing  of  Limestone 
and  a lining  of  brick,  with  the  hearth  either 
of  stone  slabs  or  of  brick. 

An  entrance  hall  finished  in  Limestone 
will  always  impart  a dignified  atmosphere 
to  the  house.  The  color-tone  is  cheerful 
and  forms  an  excellent  background  for  rich 
hangings  and  dark  colorful  furnishings. 
With  such  a neutral-toned  background, 
almost  any  color-scheme  or  style  of  decora- 
tion and  furnishing  is  suitable.  Such  in- 
terior stonework  may  be  quite  simple  in 
detail,  consisting  of  a plain  wall  of  stone 


HOME  OF  CHILEAN  LEGATION.  Washington.  D.  C. 


NATHAN  WYETH,  Architect 


THE  ILLUSTRATIONS 
INCLUDED 

It  is  of  course  impossi- 
ble to  illustrate  in  this 
volume  anything  like  a 
large  proportion  of  the 
many  line  homes  that  have 
been  built  of  Indiana 
Limestone.  In  the  desire 
to  show  examples  of  all  of 
the  various  types  of  de- 
sign, a great  many  fine 
houses  that  we  would  like 
to  have  illustrated,  had  to 
be  eliminated. 

As  a supplement  to  this 
booklet,  we  have  prepared 
a list  of  fine  homes  built 
or  trimmed  with  Indiana 
Limestone,  and  their  own- 
ers. This  wefeelcanjustly  be 
referred  to  as  the  Indiana 
Limestone  Social  Register. 


A Sun  Room  with  Indiana  Limestone  Walls. 


FLOOR  PLAN 
ARRANGEMENTS 

Floor  plans  have  not 
been  included  in  this  vol- 
ume. It  is  felt  certain  that 
anyone  building  a home  of 
this  character  will  quite 
naturally  consult  an  archi- 
tect and  require  their  home 
to  be  planned  especially  for 
their  requirements  and  be 
designed  to  fit  the  par- 
ticular lot  or  site  on  which 
it  is  to  be  built. 

The  planning  and  build- 
ing of  fine  houses  will  al- 
ways involve  problems  re- 
quiring the  services  of  a 
very  capable  architect. 
Those  who  are  interested 
in  the  plan  arrangements 
for  smaller  houses,  should 
send  for  Volumes  5 and  27. 
See  notes  on  page  47. 


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C.  LEDYARD  BLAIR  RESIDENCE,  New  York  City  CARRERE  & HASTINGS,  Architects 

A fine  example  of  the  French  Renaissance  palatial  style 


Ashlar  with  a plain  base  and  moulded  cap 
or  cornice,  all  of  the  carved  decoration 
being  concentrated  upon  a mantel,  a wall- 
fountain,  mullioned  window,  or  stairway, 
forming  the  principal  feature  or  focal 
point  in  the  architectural  scheme  of  the 
particular  room. 

Indiana  Limestone  interiors  are  noted 
for  their  simple  elegance,  their  unostenta- 
tious richness  of  effect,  and  as  a background 
of  light  neutral  tone,  that  will  give  the  ef- 
fect of  spaciousness  to  even  a comparatively 
small  room,  vestibule  or  hall. 


HAYING  READ  the  foregoing  outline  of 
the  adaptability  and  merit  of  Indiana 
Limestone  for  fine  houses,  the  reader  should 
consult  the  list  of  homes  built  of  this  ma- 
terial, which  are  arranged  alphabetically 
under  a geographical  index,  in  the  Indiana 
Limestone  Social  Register,  a supplement  to 
this  volume. 

We  would  suggest  an  examination  of  some 
of  the  fine  homes  that  are  found  in  this  list. 

Your  decision  to  build  of  Indiana  Lime- 
stone, we  believe,  will  then  be  automatic 
and  will  result  in  permanent  satisfaction,  as 


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EDSEL  FORD  RESIDENCE.  Detroit.  Mich 


C.  W.  KOTCHER  RESIDENCE,  Detroit,  Mich. 


LOUIS  KAMPER.  Architect 


Two  city  houses  of  reasonably  simple  design,  showing  the  use 
of  plain  ashlar  facing  with  wide  wood  cornice  treatments 


32 


DR.  HENRY  P.  PARKER  RESIDENCE.  CLARKE  WAGGAMAN.  NORMAN  WILLIAMS  RESIDENCE, 

Washington,  D.  C.  Architect  Washington,  D.  C. 


WYETH  & AESSON 
Architects 


there  is  no  better,  more  beautiful  or  last- 
ing, or  more  economical  material  to  use 
for  the  exterior  of  fine  houses. 

EQUIPMENT  AND  FACILITIES 

The  organization  and  equipment  of  the 
Indiana  Limestone  Company  altho  very 
efficient  is  constantly  being  improved.  New 
and  improved  labor-saving  machinery  is 
continually  being  installed.  This  Company’s 
facilities  for  prompt  and  efficient  service 
and  low-cost  production  are  unequalled  by 
any  other  quarry  industry  in  America  or 
abroad. 

A regular  shipment  of  well  over  100  car- 


loads per  day  can  be  readily  handled  during 
the  building  season. 

Indiana  Limestone  is  not  a local  prod- 
uct but  has  country-wide  distribution;  it 
constitutes  about  35%  of  all  building  stone 
and  over  65%  of  all  finished  building  stone 
used  throughout  the  United  States.  Stocks 
are  carried  by  the  Cut  Stone  trade  in  all 
large  cities  and  many  of  the  smaller  towns. 

Ample  stocks  of  both  regular  and  special 
grades  are  maintained  at  the  quarries,  and 
the  home  builder  placing  a contract  with 
this  company,  may  rest  assured  that  the 
erection  of  his  house  will  be  as  free  from  de- 
lay on  that  score  as  it  is  possible  to  have  it. 


33 


LAR7.  ANDERSON  RESIDENCE  Washington.  D C LITTLE  & RROWNE.  Architects 

Fine  example  of  the  large  city  house  with  the  main  floor  placed  on  second  story  level 


E.  C.  GALE  RESIDENCE,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


ERNEST  KENNEDY,  Architect 


A good  example  of  the  semi-suburban  Indiana  Limestone  home 


34 


RIIETT  STUART  RESIDENCE. 
Washington,  D C. 


CLARKE  WAGGAMAN, 
Architect 


MAJOR  JOHN  A IIEWSON  RESIDENCE.  CLARKE  WAGGAMAN. 
Washington,  D.  C.  Architect 


SERVICE  BUREAU 

The  Indiana  Limestone  Company  main- 
tains a Service  Bureau  for  the  use  of  Archi- 
tects, Contractors  and  others  interested  in 
building.  A department  of  this  Bureau  is 
devoted  to  the  handling  of  Home  Builders' 
problems.  Address  P.  0.  Box  401,  Bedford, 
Indiana. 

If  any  apparent  difficulty  should  arise 
in  connection  with  the  use  or  proposed  use 
of  this  material,  or  if  any  further  informa- 
tion on  any  subject  pertaining  to  Indiana 


Limestone  and  its  use  for  residence  work 
is  desired,  a communication  addressed  to 
the  Home  Builders’  Branch  of  the  Service 
Bureau  will  be  appreciated. 

If  we  can  be  of  any  direct  assistance  to 
you,  by  answering  your  questions  regard- 
ing the  use  of  the  different  grades,  various 
finishes,  or  proper  methods  of  construc- 
tion, thus  helping  you  to  solve  your  build- 
ing problem,  or  by  supplying  further  copies 
of  any  other  literature,  please  consider 
that  we  are  at  your  command. 


INDIANA  LIMESTONE  COMPANY 

BEDFORD,  INDIANA 


35 


This  remarkable  ledge  of  limestone 
is  from  40  to  over  70  feet  in  depth  in 
various  sections  of  the  deposit,  all  of 
reasonably  fine,  close  grained  stone  of 
fairly  uniform  texture,  thoroughly 
sound  and  possessing  every  desirable 
structural  quality.  There  is  no  appre- 
ciable stratification,  the  stone  having 
a remarkably  uniform  strength  in  all 
directions. 

The  upper  illustration  shows  a view 
in  a large  quarry,  where  both  steam 
and  double  electric  channeling  ma- 
chines are  used,  and  shows  clearly  the 
channel  cuts  that  have  been  made  pre- 
paratory to  splitting  these  huge  blocks 
of  stone  from  the  quarry  ledge. 

The  lower  view  shows  the  “cut”  of 
stone  after  it  has  been  turned  over  on 
its  side,  being  split  up  into  blocks  for 
transport  to  the  cutting  plants. 


THE  QUARRYING  OF 
INDIANA  LIMESTONE 

rFIIESE  illustrations  show  typical  views  in 
two  of  the  larger  quarries  which  produce 
the  now  famous  INDIANA  OOLITIC 
LIMESTONE,  formerly  called  Bedford 
Stone.  The  stone,  it  will  be  noted,  is  not 
quarried  by  blasting,  but  is  cut  in  huge 
blocks  from  the  solid  ledge  by  machinery. 
No  explosives  are  used,  excepting  for  the 
removal  of  the  over-burden  or  waste  top 
rock  where  it  occurs  on  top  of  the  Oolitic 
stone  ledge. 

The  building  stone,  which  is  not  very  hard 
as  it  occurs  in  the  ledge,  is  then  quarried  by 
what  is  known  as  the  channeling  process. 
Channel  cuts  are  made  in  the  solid  ledge 
from  4 to  6 feet  apart  and  from  8 to  12  or 
even  14  feet  in  depth.  These  cuts  may  be  of 
any  length  from  20  to  100  feet  or  more, 
according  to  the  length  that  it  may  be  desired 
to  quarry  at  a single  operation.  The  size 
of  these  huge  blocks  of  stone  can  be  gained 
by  a comparison  with  the  men  in  quarry  hole. 

Indiana  Limestone  is  obtained  only  in 
two  counties  of  the  State  of  Indiana;  yet  in 
those  two  counties  it  lies  in  an  enormous 
deposit  extending  over  a large  area. 


Some  idea  of  the  magnitude  of  the  Indiana  Limestone  Quarries  is  given  in  these  tu  o views 


36 


MRS.  E.  BISHOP  GRAND1N  RESIDENCE 
Washington,  D.  C. 

WOOD.  DONN  & DEMINC. 

Architects 


T^WO  good  examples  of  city 
homes,  showing  a contrast 
between  the  Renaissance  and 
French  Gothic  treatments. 


JOHN  BORDEN  HESIDENCE 
Chicago,  III. 

R.  V.  HUNT 
Architect 


THE  MILLING  OK 
CUTTING  PROCESSES 

jy/TACHINERY  is  also  used  throughout  for  the  saw- 

1 ing,  planing,  turning  and  for  many  of  the  cutting 
operations  employed  in  converting  these  huge  rough 
blocks  of  stone  into  the  beautiful  cut  and  carved 
material  for  fine  houses. 

This  Company’s  operations  constitute  one  of  the 
most  highly  developed  and  important  quarry  in- 
dustries in  the  world,  the  stone  being  shipped  from 
its  central  location  in  the  southern  part  of  Indiana, 
to  the  cutting  plants  for  work  in  all  sections  of  the 
country. 

The  whole  production  process  is  carried  on  by 
machinery  and  is  more  like  modern  large-scale  manu- 
facturing than  ordinary  quarrying. 

The  production  of  this  material  for  building 
stone  totals  millions  of  cubic  feet  each  year.  Its 
use  has  grown  both  on  account  of  the  low  cost 
machine  production  methods  employed  and  the 
volume  output,  as  well  as  structural  merit,  to  the 
extent  that  it  now  constitutes  well  over  35%  of  all 
the  building  stone,  including  Granite,  Limestone, 
Sandstone,  and  exterior  Marble  used  throughout 
the  United  States. 


There  is  no  other  quarry  industry  in  tehich  machine  production 


is  so  highly  developed 


37 


Twrrmrmniw 


— — - ' r..« 


CHARLES  SCHWEPPE 
RESIDENCE, 
Lake  Fokest,  III. 

FREDERICK  W.  PERKINS. 

Architect 


FIVE  distinctive 
homes,  examples 
of  Indiana  Limestone 
trim  with  brick  walls, 
are  show  n on  this  page 
and  on  pages  3.  4 
and  12. 


STARR  MILLER 
RESIDENCE, 

New  York  City 

CARRERE  & HASTINGS. 
Architects 


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WILLIAM  R.  COE  RESIDENCE,  Oyster  Bay,  L.  I.  WALKER  & GILLETTE,  Architects. 

A few  words  regarding  the  "Olh  (Satljir”  and  other  classifications  that  are  suitable  for 
the  field-work  of  walls  in  houses  designed  in  English  and  other  informal  styles  of 
Architecture.  The  Coe  Residence,  illustrated  above  is  an  example  of  this  class  of  work. 

Illustrated  Booklet  describing  in  detail  the  use  of  the  rough-sawed  strip  stone  for 
masonry  facings  will  be  sent  upon  request 


IN  ADDITION  to  the  regular  grades  of  Indiana 
Limestone  that  are  most  suitable  for  cut  stone 
work  in  fine  houses,  there  are  several  other  grades 
which  are  especially  suited  for  the  rougher  and  less 
formal  masonry  treatments,  and  which  in  place  of 
local  stone,  may  be  combined  with  the  usual  cut 
limestone  trim. 

Rustic  [ Buff  or  Gray  ] This  is  the  darker  toned, 
coarser  grained  stone,  having  an  interesting, 
more  or  less  open,  texture,  with  a varying  amount 
of  crystalline  calcite  intermixed.  This  grade  is 
very  desirable  for  residence  work,  being  specially 
suited  for  use  with  rough-sawed  finish.  Being  more 
difficult  to  machine  it  is  not  usually  recommended 
for  elaborate  cut  work. 

Variegated.  This  is  the  stone  obtained  from 
blocks  which  are  produced  in  quarries  along  the 
lines  where  the  buff  color  joins  the  gray  color. 
Such  material  when  cut  up  for  building  purposes 
will  produce  pieces  of  both  color-tones  and  a certain 
percentage  have  the  two  colors  on  the  one  piece. 
This  is  a desirable  grade  of  material  for  trim  as  well 
as  for  residence  walls.  The  supply  of  this  grade  is 
somewhat  limited,  but  can  generally  be  obtained 
from  short-length  blocks  in  any  reasonable  quantity. 

”©lh  G5otljir.”  This  grade  of  stone  is  unselected 
as  to  color  and  texture,  and  embraces  the  Gray,  Buff 
and  Variegated  stone,  which  although  varying  in 


texture  from  fine  to  coarse  will  generally  be  of  fairly 
coarse  texture,  some  pieces  containing  shelly  forma- 
tions, white  or  crystalline  streaks  and  tight  crow- 
foot, etc.,  that  do  not  affect  the  structural  soundness 
of  the  stone.  It  is  the  grade  embracing  the  widest 
range  of  variation  in  color-tone  and  texture,  and  is 
the  grade  specifically  recommended  for  all  forms  of 
rough-sawed  masonry  field  work;  Range  Work, 
Random  Ashlar,  etc. 

Short-Length  Stock.  This  is  a low-cost  material 
often  available  for  sawed  ashlar  facing  and  is  recom- 
mended as  an  alternate  to  the“<£>It)  <0otJ)tc”for  rough- 
sawed  Random  Ashlar  field  work. 

Stone  under  this  designation  may  be  obtained  in 
several  grades,  excepting  the  finest  grained  buff  and 
gray,  and,  as  produced,  gives  quite  a range  of  tex- 
ture. 

Altho  produced  only  from  the  so-called  short 
length,  or  irregular  shaped  quarry  blocks,  it  is  usu- 
ally obtainable  in  any  quantity  desired. 

This  material  as  furnished  is  somewhat  similar  to 
the  “Variegated”  stone.  It  will  generally  show  as 
wide  a range  in  texture  and  color-tone  but  not  as 
great  a variation  as  the  “QDlft  (Sutljir”  grade,  as  it 
will  include  a larger  percentage  of  stone,  the  texture 
of  which  would  be  classified  as  standard,  and  less  of 
the  distinctive  texture  stone.  It  is  often  the  most 
economical  material  to  use  for  rough  wall  facing. 


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W.  H LUDEN  RESIDENCE.  Reading,  Pa.  EDWARD  Z.  SCHOLL.  Architect 

Two  large  suburban  houses  of  somewhat  similar  type.  Both  are 
good  examples  of  the  conserv  ative  adaption  of  the  classical  style 


DR.  II  N.  TORREY  RESIDENCE.  Grosse  Pointe  Mich 


JOHN  SCOTT.  Architect 


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WILLIAM  II.  NOLL 
RESIDENCE. 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

C.  R WEATHERHOGG, 
Architect 


L.  C.  HANNA  RESIDENCE. 

Cleveland,  Ohio 

W ALKER  & GILLETTE. 

Architects 

\ N ITALIAN  style 
house  with  plain 
walls  of  smooth  finish 
stone,  giving  an  effect 
somewhat  like  stucco, 
in  the  more  permanent 
Limestone  faced  wall 
construction. 


B.  SIEGEL  RESIDENCE 
Detroit,  Mich. 

ALBERT  KAHN.  Architect 


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BENJAMIN  ALLEN 
RESIDENCE. 
Winnbtka.  III. 

MARSHALL  & FOX, 
Architects 


B.  L.  BEHR  RESIDENCE. 

Chicago,  III. 

GEORGE  W.  MAHER, 
Architect 


HERMAN  UIHLEIN 
RESIDENCE. 
Milwaukee.  Wis. 

KIRCHHOFF  & ROSE. 
Architects 


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WATSON  P.  DAVIDSON 
RESIDENCE, 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 

THOMAS  G.  HOLYOKE, 
Architect 


GEORGE  BLUMENTIIAL 
RESIDENCE, 
New  York  City 

TROWBRIDGE  & 
LIVINGSTON, 
Architects 


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P.  A.  B.  WIDENER  RESIDENCE,  Elkins.  Pa. 


HORACE  TRUMRAUER.  Architect 


J.  R.  SCHLOTMAN  RESIDENCE.  Grosse  Pointe.  Mich. 


ALBERT  H.  SPAHR.  Architect 


An  example  of  Indiana  Limestone  trim  with  sandstone  wall  facing 


B.  F.  JONES  RESIDENCE,  Swickley,  Pa. 


HISS  & WEEKES  Architects 


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E.  I HUDSON  RESIDENCE.  Syosset,  L.  I..  N.  Y. 


HISS  & WEEKES,  Architects 


Two  views  of  this  very  large  house  are  shown 


E.  T.  STOTESBURY  RESIDENCE.  Philadelphia.  Pa. 


HORACE  TRUMBAUER.  Architect 


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B.  A.  ECKHART 
RESIDENCE, 

Like  Shore  Drive, 
Chicago.  III. 

MARSHALL  & FOX, 
Architects 


AVERY  handsome, 
moderately  large 
city  house  designed  in 
the  Italian  style.  This 
house  shows  a good 
balance  between  orna- 
mental work  and 
plain  wall  surface  and 
for  that  reason  is 
considered  an  exam- 
ple of  excellent  stone 
house  design. 


HOW  TO  OBTAIN  INDIANA  LIMESTONE 


INDIANA  LIMESTONE  is  regularly  shipped  by 
this  company  in  both  the  rough  and  finished 
state  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
It  is  supplied  to  home  builders  both  direct  and 
through  the  cut  stone  trade;  by  that  we  mean  the 
cutting  plants,  or  cut  stone  yards  that  are  located  in 
all  large  cities  and  in  many  of  the  smaller  towns. 

Millions  of  cubic  feet  of  it  are  used  each  year, 
and  there  is  not  a State  in  the  Union  which  has  not 
a multitude  of  buildings,  public  and  private,  great 
and  small,  built  of  this  fme  natural  stone. 

While  this  company  operates  a number  of  large 
cutting  plants  in  the  Indiana  Limestone  district, 
only  a comparatively  small  volume  of  residence  work 
is  handled  by  these  plants.  Most  of  the  cut  stone 
for  houses  is  furnished  by  the  cut  stone  plants 


located  in  the  cities  where  the  houses  are  being 
built.  On  account  of  the  regular  demand  for  this 
material  there  is  never  any  delay  awaiting  the 
quarrying  operations,  as  stocks  of  it  are  always 
carried  by  the  local  stone  yards  already  referred  to. 

The  Indiana  Limestone  Company  will  at  all  times 
be  pleased  to  put  prospective  users  in  touch  with  the 
local  concerns  who  can  promptly  serve  their  require- 
ments. 

This  Company  is  always  glad  to  co-operate  with 
intending  builders,  in  every  way  possible  and  will 
answer  any  questions  and  give  advice  as  to  the  prac- 
ticability of  Indiana  Limestone  for  any  particular 
purpose,  and  furnish  specifications  and  information 
regarding  its  proper  and  economical  use. 


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PERRY  BELMONT 
RESIDENCE, 
Washington.  D.  C. 


HORACE  TRUMBAUER. 

Architect 


AFINE  example 
of  the  large  city 
house  designed  in  the 
formal  French  style, 
particularly  interest- 
ing also  on  account  of 
triangular  shape  of 
the  site,  considered  to 
be  one  of  the  best  ex- 
amples of  that  type  of 
stone  house  design. 


Other  Literature  of  Interest  to  Prospective  Home  Builders 


TN  addition  to  this  booklet.  Volume  12  of  the  Indiana 
Limestone  Library,  there  are  several  other  booklets  in 
that  same  series,  which  are  of  interest  to  intending  home 
builders  and  may  be  obtained  as  follows: 

Volume  1.  A booklet  describing  the  stone,  the  production 
processes  and  uses,  giving  specific  information  regarding 
the  grades,  color-tone,  texture  and  structural  characteristics. 

Folder  F3.  Moderate-Cost  Random  Ashlar  Homes 

Volume  27  (new  edition).  A booklet  illustrating  a series 
of  prize  designs  for  moderate  size  houses  faced  in  the  usual 
manner  with  cut  stone  of  the  various  regular  and  special 


grades  of  Indiana  Limestone.  Will  be  mailed  upon  receipt 
of  10c  in  stamps. 

Volume  5.  A Portfolio  of  moderate  cost  House  Designs, 
featuring  the  use  of  the  rough-sawed  Indiana  Limestone 
in  the  “(Dli)  <0otljic.”  “Variegated"  and  “Rustic”  grades. 
This  Portfolio  includes  carefully  studied  plan  arrangements 
that  are  unique  in  many  respects.  Will  be  mailed  upon 
receipt  of  50c  in  stamps. 

Random  Ashlar  Booklet.  A booklet  illustrating  a series 
of  buildings  of  various  types,  including  residences,  built  with 
the  rough-sawed  stripstone  used  for  Random  Ashlar  and  Range 
work  masonry  facings. 


Address:  Home  Builders  Branch  of  ARCHITECTS’ SERVICE  BUREAU,  P.O.Box  401,  Bedford,  Indiana 


INDIANA  LIMESTONE  COMPANY 


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ENTRANCE  L.  C.  HANNA  RESIDENCE. 

Cleveland.  Ohio 


Third  Edition 


February,  1929 


WALKER  & GILLETTE. 

Architects 


PRINTED  IN  U.  0.  A. 

BY  MEAO-GRECE  PRINTING  00. 
CHICAGO 


Thir  ? Edkkm 


February,  1929 


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